Rail-joint.



B. F. LINDLEY.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 7, 1915.

Witwen@ THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. C,

Patemea m1819165.'

BENJAMN F. LNDLEY, OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Rain-JOINT.

j ogeggppu Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. TS, i916.

Application filed July?, 1915. Serial No. 38,403.

To all whom t may concern Bc it known that l, BENJAMINF. LIND- Lnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county oitE Vermilion and State of llinois, have inventedcertain nevv and useful improvements in Rail-Joints; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, c ear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others slrilled in the art to which it apport-airis to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to new and `useful improvements in rail joints and iny object is to rovide means for joining the meeting ends oi' the rails in such manner as to render the joint oi substantially the saine strength as the rernaining` portion of the rail. s

A further object is to so consti ct the parts that the jar received in passing over the joints of the rails will be eliminated. and a further object is to provide means 'for securing `,the parts employed for securing the rails together, to the tie in such `manner as to prevent spreading or disalineinent oli' the rails. i

@ther objects and advantages `Will be hereinafter set forth and incre particularly pointed out inthe accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings which are inade a part oi this application, Figure l is a side ele fation oi' the meeting ends of the two rails showing the parte employedfor securing the saine together. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 8 is a sectional vieiv as seen on line 3, 3 fig. l, and Fig. l is a sectional vieiv as seen on line ll, 1i Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings in which siniilar reference numerals designate correspending parts throughout the several views, l and 2 indicate the meeting ends oi rails such as are employed for forming a track for railway trains, street cars and similarly operated vehicles.

rThe rails have a portion of their heads 3 and e removed on each side to provide tongues 5 and 6, which tongues are in Width equal to the Width of the Webs 7 and 8 of the rails. rthe ends 9 and 10 are under cut to dispose the saine at an angle with Which ends coperate the angular faces ll and l2 respectively of the head forming extensions 13, which extensions are carried by angle bars 14, the Width of the extensions 13 being coincident with the Width of the heads 3 and l on opposite sides oi the tongues 5 and G,

thus retaining the head of uniform Width at the meeting ends kof the rails and at the same tiniey breaking the joint so that the jar incident to the Wheels passing over the joint Will be eliminated. y f

The angle bars 14: extend a distance on each side of the meeting ends of the rails and have their upper edges in engagement nvvith the under faces of the heads of the rails and are secured to the rails by means of bolts l5 Which pass transversely through the anglebars and theweb of the rails, the inner faces ot the angle bars having concavities 16 therein so as to give a slightyielding action to the angle bars When the bolts are drawn taut, thus wedging the upper and lower edges of the angle bars between the head and base` 17. of the rails. i

T he foot portion` 18 of the angle bars eX- tends over the `upper face of the base 17 and is provided With a depending flange 19 which extends overy the edges of the base and a distance below the base so that the lowerinost edge of the flange will engage the tie 20 and between that portion of the depending flange of the two plates belou7 the base'of the rail is a base plate 2l, said plate extending the full length of' the angle bars,

thus bracing the rails at the joints to such an f` extent that the ioints can be disposed between ties if necessary. .f

The extensions 13 are securely locked in the cavities formed by removing portions of the heads of the rails, by introducing a locking bolt 22 transversely through said eXtensions and at the point of juncture between the tongues 5 and G, the faces of said tongues having semi-circular recesses 23 to receive the locking bolt, and to obviate any possibility ot the flange of the wheel engaging the head oi' the bolt, said head is always placed at the inner face o'l` the rail and countersunl into the extensions 13. The locking bolt 22 is positioned in a plane above the bolts l5 so as to positively lock the eX- tension in engagement with the tongues of the rails.

The rails are secured to the ties by introducing spikes Q-l through slots 25 in the foot portion 18 of the angle bar and through notches 26 and 27 in the edges of the base 17 and base plate 2l and as the upper portions of the spikes are surrounded by metal, it will be impossible for the spikes to give to permit spreading of the rails.

It will thus be seen that l have provided means for securing the meeting ends of the rails together in such manner that the rails will be as strong at their point of joining as at any other point of the rail and furthermore that by providing the extension on the angle bars and extending them on opposite sides of the meeting portions of the rails, the jar incident to the wheels passing'over the joints will be entirely eliminated and the rails provided with a uniform upper surface. It will Jfurther be seen that this device can be very cheaply constructed and readily applied to use and by fastening the spikes to the base of the rail as shown, it will be impossible for the rails to separate.

Yl'riaving thus fully described my invention `what l claim as new and `desire to secure by Letters Patent is :a

l. In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of rails,'eachV end having al portion of its head removed on opposite sides of the web of the rail to form tongues, of angle bars having extensions at their central portion adapted to occupy the spaces formed by removing portions of the rail heads, said Vextensions projecting on opposite sides oi the joint between the rails, a bolt extending' transversely through the extensions and` between the ends of the tongues, said tongues having` recesses to receive the bolt, the head o' said bolt being flush with the face of the extension on the inner face of the rails, a foot portion for each angle bar extending over the base of the rail and having a iiange extending downwardly over the edge of the base and a distance below the same, said foot portion having a slot therein, a base plate below the rails, said base and base plate having notches registering with the slots of the foot portion, and spikes adapted to extend downwardly through said slots and notches and into a tie.

2. ln a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of rails having portions oi the heads removed to form tongues, the width of said tongues being equal to the width of the web of the rail, said tongues having semi-circular recesses in their meeting ends, the ends of the heads being undercut, of angle bars having upwardly extending extensions at their longitudinalV center, the. end faces ofthe extensions being ex-4 tended at an angle to fit the angle of' the under-out ends of the heads of the rails. a bolt extending transversely through the extensions and through the opening formed by the semi-circular recesses in the tongues, bolts extending transversely through the angle bars and the interposed rail webs and in a plane below the bolt in the extensions, toot portions at the lower edges of the angle plates extending over the faces of the base of the rail, said portions having' slots therein, said foot portions terminating in depending anges, and a base plate between said depending flanges and below the base olf the rail, said base and base plate having notches registering with the slots-'in the Jfoot portion, and spikes adapted to vbe enteredA through said registering slots and notches and into a tie.

ln testimony whereot1 l have signed my naine to this specitication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMN F. LNDLEY.

Witnesses SAM. D. LINDLEY, (nRTr-.Un C, Kooi-i.

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